# Verb-line arguments

Edward Goff (egoff@iquest.com)
Thu, 25 Jul 1996 19:27:21 PDT

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    On Thu, 25 Jul 1996, RICHARD JACOB CONNAMACHER wrote:

    > > Well.....here's an idea that I was thinking about while trying to get it
    > > sleep last night:
    > >
    > > What about verb-line arguments that are builtin, for instance running a verb
    > > with a -<argument> would do something different to the verb, for instance:
    > >
    > > -quite --> no text output
    > > -debug --> quicker than making it +d
    > > -wait<#> --> wait to call the verb
    > > -fork<#> --> for the verb a # of times (may need to be wiz-only)
    > > -showobj --> shows the obj # that is sending each line.
    > >      like:
    > >      #9876>> The cat jumps up.
    > >      #9877>> A man comes along to get the cat.
    > >      #9876>> The cat runs around the room.
    > > -showverb --> like above but also shows the verb name.
    >
    > You could do all that very effeciently with $do_command() and
    > force_input(), and a $bf_notifify() bf wrapper.
    >
    > Phantom
    >

    With all the babble going on.. maybe in my uneducated opinion I dont know
    what I'm missing but damm if that don't look like exactly something we
    need. Aside from the abilty to run a #2 or wiz only verb for an emergency
    dump to a different local.. but something like that wuld not only help
    prevent lots of spam you see in many moo's that I know I get tired of as a
    wiz and player.. but also track down run away forks.. verbs problems and
    many other things faster and more effiecient. and like most folks with me
    time is money.. so if I'm here I'm having fun and relaxing but as the
    Internget grows folks are offering jobs. WEb designing and if you can
    learn things like java or pueblo or one of the other many languages you
    can write your own ticket almost.

    "My babbling 2 cents for today :)

    egoff@vespucci.iquest.com